Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) : Announcement on the resignation of core technicians

Securities code: Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) securities abbreviation: Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) Announcement No.: 2022013

Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256)

Announcement on the resignation of core technicians

The board of directors and all directors of the company guarantee that there are no false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the contents of this announcement, and bear legal responsibility for the authenticity, accuracy and integrity of its contents according to law.

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Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) (hereinafter referred to as “the company” or “the company”) Mr. Liang Jun, the core technician, informed the company to terminate the labor contract due to differences with the company. According to the labor contract signed by Mr. Liang Jun and the company and the relevant provisions of the labor contract law, the company has handled the relevant resignation procedures for him recently; After his resignation, Mr. Liang Jun will no longer hold any position in the company.

Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation will have a certain impact on the company’s R & D management. The company has established a complete R & D system, formed a professional R & D team and reserved a wealth of patented technology. Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation will not affect the company’s technological innovation and have a significant adverse impact on the company’s overall R & D strength.

1、 Details of core technical personnel leaving

Due to differences with the company, Mr. Liang Jun notified the company to terminate the labor contract on February 10, 2022. According to the labor contract signed by Mr. Liang Jun and the company and the relevant provisions of the labor contract law, the company has handled the relevant resignation procedures for him recently; After his resignation, Mr. Liang Jun will no longer hold any position in the company. (I) details of core technicians

Mr. Liang Jun joined the company in 2017 and was one of the core technicians of the company before leaving. During his tenure in the company, Mr. Liang Jun played an active role in building the company’s product innovation and R & D system. The company and the board of directors would like to express their heartfelt thanks to Mr. Liang Jun for his contributions to the company during his tenure.

Mr. Liang Jun does not directly hold the company’s shares. His direct and indirect contribution to the company’s shareholder Beijing Aixi Technology Center (limited partnership) amounts to 5264150 yuan, accounting for 37.60% of the total contribution of Beijing Aixi Technology Center (limited partnership). According to the stock ownership plan and other documents related to equity incentive signed by Mr. Liang Jun before the company’s listing, the above-mentioned capital contribution held by Mr. Liang Jun shall be transferred at the repurchase price of paid in cost plus 5.00% annual interest rate, which shall be subject to the transfer documents signed by Mr. Liang Jun. In addition, according to the announcement on the first granting of restricted shares to incentive objects disclosed by the company on December 29, 2020, the company’s 2020 restricted stock incentive plan granted a total of 100000 restricted shares to Mr. Liang Jun; According to the measures for the administration of equity incentive of listed companies, the business guide for information disclosure of listed companies on the science and Innovation Board No. 4 – disclosure of equity incentive information, and the Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) 2020 restricted stock incentive plan (Draft), Mr. Liang Jun has been granted 80000 shares of restricted shares that have not yet been vested after his resignation, which shall not be vested and invalid.

(II) patents

Before leaving office, Mr. Liang Jun was one of the core technicians of the company. As of the disclosure date of this announcement, during his tenure, Mr. Liang Jun had participated in research and applied for 138 invention patents and PCT10, all of which were non single inventors, of which 14 invention patents had been authorized, and the rest were still in the examination stage. The ownership of the above intellectual property rights belongs to the company, there is no dispute over intellectual property rights, and his resignation will not affect the integrity of the company’s intellectual property rights. See the following table for details:

Patent name patent type application No. application date inventor

Invention of on-chip network processing system and on-chip network data processing method 2018112167189 2018 / 10 / 18 Zhang Yao, Liu Shaoli, Liang Jun, etc

Invention of conversion method, device, computer equipment and storage medium 2018109138956 2018 / 08 / 10 Liu Shaoli, Liang Jun, etc

Invention of on-chip network processing system and on-chip network data processing method 2018112158207 2018 / 10 / 18 Zhang Yao, Liu Shaoli, Liang Jun, etc

Invention of on-chip network processing system and on-chip network data processing method 2018112159784 2018 / 10 / 18 Zhang Yao, Liu Shaoli, Liang Jun, etc

Invention of data compression method, coding circuit and computing device 2018114962537 2018 / 12 / 07 Wang Bingrui, Liang Jun, Liu Shaoli, etc

Data decompression method and coding circuit invention 2018114962842 2018 / 12 / 07 Wang Bingrui, Liang Jun, Liu Shaoli, etc

Data access method, data processing method, data access method

Invention 201811496258 X December 7, 2018: Wang Bingrui, Liang Jun, Liu Shaoli, etc

Circuit and computing device

Data transmission device and method invention 201811458041 X 7 persons including Chen Yu, Liu Shaoli and Liang Jun on November 30, 2018

Invention of decoding method, processor, decoding device and storage medium 2018116235310 December 28, 2018 Wang Bingrui, Liang Jun, Liu Shaoli and other five people

Data decoding method invention 201811625442 X December 28, 2018: Wang Bingrui, Liang Jun, Liu Shaoli, etc

Invention of data compression and decompression device and data compression method 2018116282063 2018 / 12 / 28 Wang Bingrui, Liang Jun, Liu Shaoli, etc

Conversion method, device, computer invention, Liu Shaoli, Liang Jun, etc

16/667593 201903/29

Equipment, and Storage Medium

Dataprocessing method was invented by Liu Shaoli and Liang Jun

202173316 202004/01

APPARATUS, AND RELATED PRODUCT

Invention of conversion method, device, computer equipment and storage medium 2019564530 March 29, 2019 Liu Shaoli, Liang Jun, etc

(III) confidentiality and non competition restrictions

And the prohibition of interference and other post employment obligations have been clearly agreed.

Mr. Liang Jun has strict confidentiality obligations for the business secrets of the company (including the holding company) and other information that he knows, understands and contacts (including but not limited to the company’s strategy, operation and management, technology development, marketing and other information).

According to the non competition clause in the labor contract signed by the company and Mr. Liang Jun, Mr. Liang Jun shall perform the obligation of non competition within two years after the termination of the labor contract, and shall not work in competitive units and affiliated companies of competitive units that operate the same or similar products with the company and its affiliated companies and compete with the company and its affiliated companies, Nor shall they work directly or indirectly for competitive units or form de facto labor relations in any way.

As of the disclosure date of this announcement, the company has not found that Mr. Liang Jun went to work in a competitive unit or violated his post employment obligations such as confidentiality and competition restrictions.

2、 The impact of core technical staff turnover on the company

Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation will have a certain impact on the company’s R & D management. The company has established a complete R & D system, formed a professional R & D team and reserved a wealth of patented technology. Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation will not affect the company’s technological innovation and have a significant adverse impact on the company’s overall R & D strength.

(I) the company has a sound R & D system and a good talent echelon foundation

Before leaving, Mr. Liang Jun was mainly engaged in R & D management in the company. Through long-term adherence to technological innovation and accumulation, the company has established a complete R & D system, trained a mature and professional R & D team with continuous innovation ability, has a good talent echelon foundation, and does not rely solely on specific core technicians. In recent three years, the number of R & D personnel has shown a steady growth trend, as shown in the following table:

December 31, 2019 December 31, 2020 as of the disclosure date of this announcement

Number of R & D personnel (person): 6809781228

The proportion of R & D personnel in the total number of employees is 79.25%, 77.13%, 80.37%

(II) the existing core technicians have rich R & D experience and master the company’s core technology

As of the disclosure date of this announcement, the details of the company’s core technicians are as follows:

Time core technician name

Before this change, Chen Tianshi, Liang Jun, Liu Shaoli and Liu Daofu

After this change, Chen Tianshi, Liu Shaoli and Liu Daofu

The company’s existing three core technicians (Mr. Chen Tianshi, Mr. Liu Shaoli and Mr. Liu Daofu) are core members of the company’s founding team. They have been engaged in the technical work of artificial intelligence and processor chip for a long time, and led the company to complete the R & D of a series of independent innovation key technologies such as intelligent processor instruction set and microarchitecture.

(III) the patent technology reserve is good, and the research and development work is carried out in an orderly manner

As of December 31, 2021, the company has applied for 2526 patents in total. According to the patent type, it can be divided into 2463 invention patent applications, 32 utility model patent applications and 31 appearance patent applications. The company has obtained 573 patents in total. According to the type, it can be divided into 514 invention patents, 27 utility model patents and 32 design patents. In addition, the company has 58 software copyrights; 6 integrated circuit layout designs.

3、 Measures taken by the company

The current R & D team structure of the company is complete, and the existing core technical personnel and R & D team can support the continuous R & D of the company’s core technology in the future. The company has always attached great importance to R & D, and will continue to increase the introduction and training of professional and technical talents, continuously improve the construction of R & D system and R & D team, optimize the assessment and reward mechanism of R & D personnel, and continuously improve the ability of technological innovation.

4、 Opinions of the sponsor

(I) verification procedures implemented by the recommendation institution

For the resignation of the company’s core technical personnel, the sponsor conducted the following verification:

The sponsor reviewed the labor contract and other documents signed by Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) and Mr. Liang Jun, and verified the agreement on confidentiality, non competition and other terms in these documents; Reviewed the list of authorized and applied patents of the company, and checked the patent authorization certificate, patent acceptance notice and other documents; Reviewed the employee roster of the company’s R & D department to understand the current situation of the company’s R & D personnel and core technicians; Consulted the “shareholding plan” and the company’s equity incentive related announcements and other documents; Obtain the explanatory documents issued by the company on Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation, and understand the relevant situation of Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation, the impact on the company’s R & D work and the measures to be taken by the company.

(II) verification opinions of the recommendation institution

After verification, the sponsor believes that:

1. Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) R & D team and core technicians are relatively stable Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) has gone through relevant resignation procedures for Mr. Liang Jun. his resignation will have a certain impact on the company’s R & D management, but will not have a significant adverse impact on the company’s technological innovation and overall R & D strength;

2. Mr. Liang Jun has signed the confidentiality and arrangement agreement on intellectual property rights. As of the date of this verification opinion, there is no dispute over intellectual property rights. Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation will not affect the integrity of the company’s intellectual property rights;

3. As of the date of issuance of this verification opinion, Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) technology research and development and daily operation are normal. Mr. Liang Jun’s resignation has not had a significant adverse impact on Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) ‘s ability to continue operation.

5、 Online announcement attachment

Special verification opinions of Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) on the resignation of Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited(688256) core technicians.

It is hereby announced.

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